Randal D. Pinkett, Ph.D., M.S.
Dr. Randal Pinkett has established himself as an entrepreneur, innovator, speaker, author, media personality and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) expert who is leading the way in business, technology and equity for all. He is the Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of BCT Partners, a global, multimillion-dollar research, training, consulting, technology and data analytics firm whose mission is to leverage diversity, insights and innovation to transform lives, accelerate equity and create lasting change.
The company has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms, Ernst & Young as EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Manage HR Magazine as a Top 10 Firm for Diversity & Inclusion, the Black Enterprise BE100s list of the nation’s largest Black-owned businesses and the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.
Dr. Pinkett is an expert in several areas relating to emerging technologies, “big data” analytics, social innovation, culture and DEI, and is a regular contributor on MSNBC, CNN and Fox Business News. An international public speaker, he is the author or co-author of several books including Black Faces in High Places, Black Faces in White Places, Data-Driven DEI, Campus CEO and No-Money Down CEO.
He holds five degrees, including a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University; a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Oxford in England; and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering, M.B.A. and Ph.D. from MIT. Most notably, he was the first and only African American to receive the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship at Rutgers University. Dr. Pinkett was also inducted to the Academic All-America Hall of Fame, as a former high jumper, long jumper, sprinter and captain of the Rutgers men’s track and field team. He was the winner of NBC’s hit reality television show, “The Apprentice.”
Born in Philadelphia and raised in New Jersey, Dr. Pinkett is a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated and First Baptist Church in Somerset, NJ, where he resides with his family, including a daughter and two sons. Dr. Pinkett firmly believes that “for those to whom much is given, much is expected,” so throughout his endeavors, he places great emphasis on his responsibility to give back to the community.